South Texas Crime Stories

A mother speaks about the horrific attack done on her and her kids and how she has been surviving the past year.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine Williams was murdered in front of her children, seven co-defendants were later arrested and charged with capital murder. Did the justice system fail Williams? Each co-defendant got a plea deal on a lesser charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Love, music and murder: The death of Martell Derouen and the case against Sasha Skare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas Crime Stories dives into the Mother's Day murder of Saryah Perez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas Crime Stories follows the trials of the boyfriend of Cayley Mandadi, Mark Howerton who was accused of brutally beating her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas Crime Stories reexamines the murder of Jennifer Delgado 35 years after her death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas Crime Stories explores Raul Meza's string of killings over decades across Central and South Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grandmother of Poteet toddler murdered ten years ago by his mother shares how difficult life has been since losing her grandson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1991, Melvin Quinney was convicted of indecency of a child and was accused of being the leader of a Satanic Cult. Today he is a free man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andreen McDonald was killed in 2019 it would be four years before we found out what happened to her after her husband takes the stand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Her son, Sebastian Carpio was murdered in 2020 and two years later Ana Maria Carpio is still fighting for justice as there was a possibility her son's killer would be released from jail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Smoke and flames consumed an apartment complex in San Marcos almost five years ago. Five residents lost their lives, and seven others were injured. The person who set the fire has yet to be captured. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He took his authority for granted and calmly told investigators how he killed his four victims; Melissa Ramirez, Claudine Luera, Guiselda Cantu, and Janelle Ortiz.Their names will never be forgotten as their families can be at peace knowing justice has been served. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amber Hagerman's abduction and murder in 1996 inspired the AMBER Alert. Today her murder remains unsolved as Arlington PD still receives tips on the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Known as the Railroad Killer he killed more than a dozen people but the one woman that survived is sharing her survival story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Balcones Heights police officer Julian Pesina was living a double life. He had ties to the Texas Mexican Mafia and was killed by former gang members outside his San Antonio tattoo shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna Vasquez, one of four women wrongfully accused in the 90s shares her story about what she went through and how Satanic Panic played a role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week we took a closer look at what Satanic Panic was and how it affected thousands across the country, including the case of a San Antonio man. This week we have more on the hearing that took place over the summer for Marvin Quinney who is seeking exoneration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at how a hysteria known as Satanic Panic caused 5 people from San Antonio to be wrongfully convicted.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She was an avid runner who dedicated her life to helping others, but her life was taken in a violent act by a complete stranger. It seemed to be totally random. This is South Texas Crime Stories the murder of Lauren Bump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather Willms was murdered in 2005 and then six years Esmeralda Herrera was murdered. Both murder cases had one thing in common, both victims had a friend in common that would later be the main suspect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pauline Diaz was last seen leaving the HEB she worked at off of Southeast Military Dr and Goliad on December 7th, 2010. What happened to her after nobody knows, but her estranged husband was later questioned after admitting to seeing her that day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A case that shocked many because the crime was so horrific and violent. Nicole Perry was brutally attacked and murdered because she wouldn't stop talking.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A 12-year-old girl disappears without a trace in 2004, some at first thought Rosa Sandoval was taken while walking to school but later police began questioning her family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johnny Avalos ripped five women away from their families, many more narrowly escaped his grasp. In the middle of the night, he'd stalk his prey before attacking and strangling them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The staged kidnapping of an 8-month-old baby angered the entire San Antonio community. The details of the case shocked many and three people ended up behind bars. In this week's episode, we revisit the killing of King Jay Davila, labeled by an investigative reporter as “one of the most horrific child abuse cases that Bexar County has seen probably the last 30 years.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well known San Antonio businessman Mike Yuchnitz found himself behind bars in 2010. The eyewear salesman was facing charges for allegedly hiring someone to kill his wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The murder of a San Antonio Police Department detective in broad daylight, right in front of headquarters shocked the city in 2016. We look back at the impact Det. Benjamin Marconi had on so many and revisit the trial of the man convicted of his murder we all watched last summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bridget Townsend was 18 when she disappeared and it would be two years before a man heading to prison for life would reveal what happened to her. That man, Ramiro Gonzales, now on death row has had his execution delayed 6 times, Leigh and Erica recap this crime and how Gonzales has been able to delay his execution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It has been over six months since then-3-year-old Lina Khil vanished from her family's apartment complex. KSAT sat down with San Antonio Police Chief William McManus about the case to see where it is and where it goes from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicholas Plaza was last seen in October 2001 but wasn't until a month later that he was reported missing. What happened to Nicholas Plaza? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2018, Juan David Ortiz targeted sex workers along the U.S. Mexico border where he worked as a border patrol agent. He was the serial killer no one expected; a wolf in sheep's clothing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2007, Joseph Gamboa was convicted of the double murders at Taco Land. He speaks for the first time ever on death row. Also, psychologist Dr. John Delatorre gives his take on the interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2005, the legendary Taco Land was changed forever after a robbery and double murder took the life of the owner and the doorman. We take a look at the why Taco Land, Ram Ayala and Doug Morgan meant so much to so many and for the first time ever we hear from the man who committed this crime as he sits on death row. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1987, Dianna Lowery was brutally murdered inside her San Antonio duplex. It would be 35 years before justice would be served for her murder. Exclusive testimony from Larry Moore's capital murder trial will be released during this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary Bea Perez was only 9-years-old when she was kidnapped from Market Square during Fiesta 1999. A week later her body was found. What nobody knew at the time that a monster was among them, a cross country serial killer named Tommy Lynn Sells. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brazen, horrifying attacks took place at different apartment complexes in the Medical Center area of San Antonio. Women were being robbed and raped. It would be almost two years before a suspect was caught, and to everyone's shock it was a teenager committing the crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the summer of 1997 a gruesome discovery was found in the back yard of a San Antonio home. Hundreds of pieces of bone fragments that were later determined to be those of Monika Rizzo and the yard they were found in was her own yard at the home she shared with her husband Leonard Rizzo. Nobody was ever arrested for this crime and Rizzo's case remains unsolved. Find more episodes here: https://www.ksat.com/topic/South_Texas_Crime_Stories/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the coldest night of the year in 2011, 18-month-old Joshua Davis disappears from his home in New Braunfels. The case remains open but his disappearance is still a mystery. What happened to Joshua Davis? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

South Texas Crime Stories, hosted by KSAT 12 reporters Erica Hernandez and Leigh Waldman, will focus on cold cases, unsolved murders and other true crime stories out of Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices